Ercole Barovier - Glass bowl Ferro Toso Barovier around 1936

A beautiful glass bowl made by Ferro Toso Barovier around 1936, Murano, Italy. Honey yellow glass with gold leaf inclusion and a wavy white glass spiral. Barovier & Toso is the oldest glass manufacturer in Murano, founded in 1295. In the early 1900s, Benvenuto Barovier, Vittorio Zecchin, and Umberto Belotto designed a series of mosaic glass in the Art Nouveau style. In 1920, Ercole Barovier became the artistic director. Under his leadership, Barovier, Barovier & Toso won numerous awards for their innovations. In 1930, the award-winning "Primavera" series was presented at the Venice Biennale. Barovier continued to produce innovative designs, several of which became iconic such as 'Lenti', 'Crepuscolo', 'Autunno Gemmato', 'Oriente', 'Rostrato', 'Tessere', and 'Barbarico'. The company became Ferro Toso Vetrerie Artistiche Riunite S.A in 1936 following the merger with Ferro Toso. In 1942, the company was renamed Barovier & Toso. It also created works by Matteo Thun, Giusto and Renato Toso, Toni Zuccheri, and Sergio Asti. Today, Barovier primarily focuses on luxury lighting.